What FRANdata Thinks

This quarter’s New Concept Report —  includes 84 new brands with 300 executive contacts. Overall, there continues to be a quantity of health focused concepts – either healthy food or some kind of alternative health/medical centers. There is a growing trend of  stem-focused childhood education brands and Asian inspired QSR.   We were also happy to […]

There are 72 new franchise concepts profiled, with 275 executive contacts. Altogether, 33 food brands, and 39 nonfood and service brands started franchising in the third quarter of 2016. The number of sit-down restaurant franchised brands grew faster than QSR, adding 13 and 11 new brands respectively.  This is counter intuitive in terms of where the […]

Whether you subscribe to FRANdata’s New Concept Report or not there is always something interesting for franchise nerds (like us) . Here are a few fun facts as analyzed by Edith Wiseman president extraordinaire at FRANdata — 11 franchisors added a new franchise concept to their portfolio California & Texas have the greatest number of new franchise […]

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